"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." — E.B. White

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Not a raucous evening (unless you count going out in my jammies near midnight to check horses). Just reading last years memory highlights and resolution questionnaires and filling out this years while wearing silly hats.

Snuggled up and reading our new Christmas book "The Boxcar Children" in bed.

And then...

Hunting together as a family on New Years Day.I truly hope this will become a new tradition with us. So far The Farmer seems to have taken to it like a duck to water. He's never foxhunted before although he's played a supporting role behind the scenes. I had no doubt he'd love it. He's a natural rider and has been training dogs to hunt since he was a kid. Throw in his perfect horse Bonnie The Clyde, kind and helpful fellow hunters and great food afterwards... Who wouldn't love it?!

At a snowy team Hunter Pace last month ( he's wearing a winter coat under his riding jacket)

I am soooooo HAPPY looking over and seeing him riding beside me!Now my kids, that's a whole 'nother story...They ride like champs and when we're halfway through I love seeing their smiles beside me.But it takes 'bout half a hunt before they quit fussing.THAT'S our New Years resolution; kidsSTARTING the hunt SMILING.Thanks largely to their new hunt friends Ms. Susan and teen idol Heather they ended this ride beaming.The awesome Masters of Carrollton Hunt invite the kids to ride in at the front as they bring hounds in up. My kids were hooked.

Jack, Heather and Sarah riding in with Carrollton's Maters.

Now I'm off to finish catching up on last years chores so that I can move on to this years projects.

All a-round the kitchen cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo... This GREAT SONG, by Dan Zanes, stars in a very favorite memory of mine! First wh...

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Learn to like what doesn't cost much.Learn to like reading, conversation, music.Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.Learn to like people, even though some of them may be different...different from you.Learn to like to work and enjoy the satisfaction doing your job as well as it can be done.Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs.Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others.”― Lowell C. Bennion